Gardeners' glossary A-Z

Pricking out/off

The transplanting of seedlings from the seedbeds in which they were sown, to new containers. The term is derived from the old practice of pricking small holes in the soil in preparation for the planting of the young seedlings.

Procumbent

Trailing low along the ground, but not rooting at nodes or tip. From the Latin procumbens.

Propagation

The processes of increasing the number of plants, including grafting, division, cuttings, seeding, budding and air layering.